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Day: October 18, 2017

Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Cabinet approves salary hike for senior Government appointees

October 18, 2017October 18, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency

Bulgaria’s Government said on October 18 that it has approved amendments to a 2010 ordinance on civil servants’ wages, which

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Bulgaria 

FDI in Bulgaria in January-August 2017 was 516.4M euro

October 18, 2017October 19, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency macroeconomic indicators

Foreign direct investment in Bulgaria in the first eight months of the year stood at 516.4 million euro, the equivalent

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Bulgaria 

More than half of Bulgarians see country’s EU membership as a good thing – European poll

October 18, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff

About 55 per cent of Bulgarians polled in an EU-wide survey see the country’s membership of the European Union as

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria cuts red tape in process of issuing identity cards and passports

October 18, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s government decided on October 18 to reduce the requirements regarding documents to be submitted when applying for the issuing

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Cabinet approves plan against radicalisation and terrorism

October 18, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff terrorism

Bulgaria’s government endorsed, at a meeting on October 18, the 2017 plan to implement its strategy against radicalisation and terrorism.

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian government appoints national co-ordinator for the fight against anti-Semitism

October 18, 2017October 20, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgarian EU Presidency, Bulgarian Jews

Bulgaria’s Cabinet has adopted the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s (IHRA) definition of anti-Semitism and has appointed Deputy Foreign Minister Georg

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Parliament elects Maxim Minchev to further term as head of news agency BTA

October 18, 2017October 18, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Media

Bulgaria’s National Assembly elected on October 18, with support from all parties, Maxim Minchev to a further term as head

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